Priests brawl in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity: Scuffles have broken out between rival groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics in a turf war at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.
Bemused tourists looked on as about 100 priests fought with brooms while cleaning the church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas, on 7 January.
Palestinian police armed with batons and shields broke up the clashes.
Groups of priests have clashed before in the church, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born.
"It was a trivial problem that... occurs every year," Bethlehem police Lt-Col Khaled al-Tamimi told Reuters.
"No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God," he said...
Full BBC story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16347418.
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Yes and there are dozens of wars in recent times with a religious dimension also. One study from the early '90's listed 24 that have happened or are ongoing bewteen 1948 and 1992.
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